>>
>> NOW
>> NOW AT
>> NOW AT FIVE CHARGE AGAINST A JOGGER ARRESTED AFTER BEING
WRONGLY SUSPECTED IN A DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE CASE HAVE BEEN DROPPED
.
.
. GOOD
. GOOD AFTERNOON.
GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M DAPPER KNAPP AND I'M HERE
RIGHT?
RIGHT?
RIGHT? MATHIAS SO MATTHEW WAS FACING
TWO CHARGES OF ASSAULT ON A
PEACE OFFICER AT BEXAR COUNTY
DISTRICT ATTORNEY JOE GONZALEZ
SAYS HE DECIDED TO DISMISS THEM
AFTER REVIEWING
AFTER REVIEWING THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE.
THIS DEVELOPMENT COMES JUST
HOURS AFTER A BODY CAMERA VIDEO
SHOWING INMATE WHOSE ARREST WAS
RELEASED TO KENS 5 EYEWITNESS
NEWS INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER
MARIA MADINA HAS MORE ABOUT
WHAT THE VIDEO SHOWS AND WHAT
IT DOES IT.
>> THIS MAN IN THE GREEN
PANELING WAS JUST JOGGING AND
THIS COP PULLS HIM OVER BECAUSE
HE WOULDN'T GIVE HIS NAME.
>> HE'S GOT HANDCUFFED IN A
RARE MOVE.
RARE MOVE. >> SAN ANTONIO POLICE TODAY
RELEASING BODY CAMERA VIDEO.
YOU WANT TO LOOK AT MY POLL
SHOWING YOU LOOK AT THE MOMENTS
LEADING UP TO THE POLL FROM A
WARM UP MUGGING CARD.
I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING OR A LOT
OF OH CALL THE ARREST.
SO MATTHEW, POLICE SAY THEY
FIRST STOPPED IN TUESDAY
BECAUSE HE MATCHED
THE DESCRIPTION OF A MAN WANTED
FOR CHOKING HIS EX WIFE TO
THE POINT OF UNCONSCIOUSNESS TO
A NEIGHBOR.
A NEIGHBOR. WELL, YOU KIND OF MACHO SOUL
DISPENSER WHEN I'M LOOKING FOR
.
.
. WE'RE
. WE'RE TOLD THAT TO YOU UNDER NO
LEGAL OBLIGATION TO SHARE HIS
NAME REFUSES TO PROVIDE HIS
INFORMATION.
INFORMATION. >> ALSO SHARING HIS FRUSTRATION
WITH OFFICER IT OUT WRONG.
I JUST GOT A CALL FROM A FAMILY
CALLER WATCHING A MOVIE A
MUSLIM.
MUSLIM.
MUSLIM. ONE MOMENT I'M WALKING OUT.
OKAY.
OKAY.
OKAY. IF
OKAY. IF THAT'S ALL IT IS.
POLICE ARE HEARD TELLING ON
THAT TOO.
THAT TOO.
THAT TOO. THEY MUST DETAIN HIM UNTIL THEY
CAN DETERMINE WHETHER HE WAS
INVOLVED IN THE CRIME.
WHY DO YOU GO THROUGH ALL THESE
THINGS?
THINGS?
THINGS? WHAT DO YOU THINK?
BECAUSE I DO WHAT POLICE
INITIALLY INTENDED TO BRING
THE VICTIM TO THE SCENE TO SEE
WHETHER OR MATTHEW WAS IN FACT
HER ATTACKER.
HER ATTACKER. YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER, ERIN GO
AND GET THE CAR.
HE'S NOT GIVING ME ANYTHING.
OFFICERS THE SCENE WE'RE TOLD
THEY'D HAVE TO TAKE MATTHEW TO
THE VICTIM.
THE VICTIM. >> ALL HE HAD TO DO JOHN OVER
THERE AND HAD TO DO WAS LEAVE
ME ALONE.
ME ALONE.
ME ALONE. THAT'S WHEN OFFICERS FORCED HIM
INTO THE PATROL VEHICLE.
>> AND IT'S WHAT ATTORNEY
VICTOR MOSS CAUGHT ON CAMERA
VIDEOS THAT WENT VIRAL LAST
WEEK AFTER OFFICERS GOT TO YOU
IN THE CAR.
I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU IN
THE FACE OF THIS OFFICER SAYS
OH MATTHEW, YOU KICKED HIM.
THE VICTIM IS LATER ABLE TO
COME TO THE SCENE BUT TELLS
OFFICERS OH, MATTHEW IS
THE WRONG GUY.
INSTEAD OF RELEASING OFFICERS
TO GO MATTHEW TO JAIL ON A
FELONY CHARGE OF ASSAULTING A
PEACE OFFICER, THOSE CHARGES
ALSO DISMISSED TODAY.
POLICE LATER FINED MOSS AND HIS
GIRLFRIEND WHO PROVIDE POLICE
WITH THEIR NAMES AND NUMBERS
BUT NOTHING ELSE.
ARE YOU SAYING THIS TO ALL
THE NEWS STATIONS THE MAYOR
KNOWS ABOUT WHEN THEY MADE
ARRESTING OFFICER RETURNED TO
HIS PARTNER?
HIS PARTNER? >> HE TELLS IT MOSS AND HIS
GIRLFRIEND INTENDED ON FILING
AN INTERNAL AFFAIRS COMPLAINT
AND THAT THE VIDEO OF
THE ARREST WAS ALREADY ALL OVER
THE INTERNET.
THE INTERNET. THAT'S COOL.
THAT'S COOL. I GUESS.
I GUESS.
I GUESS. I DID.
I DID.
I DID. SHE'S.
SHE'S.
SHE'S. SO
SHE'S. SO I CAN'T REALLY SAY WE'RE
BEING RACIST AS THE BIG MAN WHO
SAYS HE STANDS BEHIND
THE OFFICERS AND THAT THEY DID
NOTHING WRONG.
NOTHING WRONG. >> IN A MEMO RELEASED ALONG
WITH THE VIDEO HE SAYS HE'S
REVIEWED THE MATTER AND
CONSIDERS IT CLOSED.
HERE I AM INDEED KENS 5
EYEWITNESS NEWS CHIEF MCMANUS
RELEASED A STATEMENT WITH
THE RELEASE OF THE VIDEO.
>> IT READS IN PART I FULLY
UNDERSTAND THAT THE PUBLIC HAS
QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS ABOUT
THIS MATTER.
THIS MATTER. GIVEN THE MEDIA ATTENTION IT
HAS ALREADY RECEIVED AND
THE HEIGHTENED AWARENESS OF
RACIAL INJUSTICE, HE GOES ON TO
SAY THE DEPARTMENT WILL WORK TO
QUOTE FACILITATE A POSSIBLE
DIALOG WITH MR. O ME2 THAT SO
THAT WE CAN SHARE PERSPECTIVES
OF WHAT OCCURRED AND HOPEFULLY
HELP BRIDGE THE TRUST AND
COMMUNICATIONS GAP THAT CLEARLY
EXISTS.
EXISTS.
EXISTS. I
EXISTS. I MET YOU AS ATTORNEY ADAM
COBBS ALSO RELEASED A STATEMENT
FOLLOWING THE RELEASE OF
THE BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE.
>> IT READS IN PART THE SAN
ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT IS
FAR FROM BLAMELESS.
THEY FALSELY ACCUSED AND
UNJUSTLY ARRESTED AN INNOCENT
BLACK MAN.
BLACK MAN. LAPD MISCONDUCT NEEDS TO BE
INVESTIGATED AND WE EXPECT A
FUTURE INQUIRY AND EXAMINATION
TO OCCUR.
TO OCCUR.
TO OCCUR. YOU CAN FIND FULL STATEMENTS
FROM COBBS AND CHIEF MCMANUS AT
KENS 5 DOT